Jim O'Donnell
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Jim O'Donnell: Carstanjen, Baffert going longer on Kentucky Derby battle of willsJul 09, 2023 5:30 am - THE IMPERIAL ATTITUDE CONTINUES to ooze out of the money-gulping halls of the burgoo kings at Churchill Downs Inc. The decision of Bunker Bill Carstanjen to extend the b...
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O'Donnell: Fight over Bears at Arlington Park grows as CDI sends statue to SaratogaJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - BATTLE LINES ARE BEING intensified between some residents of Arlington Heights and elected village officials over the specter of the Chicago Bears building a new sta...
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Jim O'Donnell: For Fourth of July barbies, Arlington Heights is still the one to beat in Bears derbyJul 02, 2023 5:30 am - THE DATE WAS JULY 3, 1776, and the city was Philadelphia. Ben Franklin and others on The Committee of Five were deadline dashing toward the final draft of The Declaratio...
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O'Donnell: NASCAR, NBC bringing non-muffled nonsense to the streets of ChicagoJun 28, 2023 1:00 am - THE CITY OF CHICAGO NEEDS A NASCAR street race on the Fourth of July weekend like Talladega needs an infield exhibit of Chagall on a race day. Nonetheless, Confederate-f...
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Jim O'Donnell: A moment for forever — 50 years since Secretariat raced at Arlington ParkJun 25, 2023 5:30 am - IMAGINE TAYLOR SWIFT, DRAKE AND BEYONCE suddenly combining summer tours for a one-off at a Chicago-area sports venue in two weeks. That pop cultural energy might equal w...
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Jim O'Donnell: Arlington demolition means hang time of the Bears is coming to an endJun 18, 2023 5:30 am - WHO WOULD CRY for a falling racetrack? Beggar men. Thieves. Excessive sentimentalists. People who sob at garage sales. Someone recently jarted: "When will the next tearf...
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O'Donnell: Kevin Warren's Bears stadium standup already drawing chuckles in Arlington HeightsJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - FOR AN "AT RISK" SUBURB, Arlington Heights is somehow maintaining a remarkable civic placidity. Children still play. Birds sing. Stentorian trustee Jim Tinaglia - an amb...
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Jim O'Donnell: Acclaimed broadcaster Pang will join Blackhawks booth next seasonJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - INDIANA JONES FACED FEWER PERILS than the one Darren Pang is apparently about to take on. Multiple sources are reporting that the acclaimed NHL broadcaster will join the...
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O'Donnell: PGA-LIV alliance is a golf marriage fit for the hottest fires on EarthJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - THAT EERIE HAZE IN THE AMERICAN AIR - is it from wildfires in Canada or the decision of PGA Tour management to merge with the blood-washing LIV? In the blink of a news r...
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Jim O'Donnell: Have Kevin Warren and the Bears found their golden crowbar in Naperville?Jun 04, 2023 5:30 am - WHEN BEARS PRESIDENT KEVIN WARREN met Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli to discuss the possibility of a new Bears stadium in the giant west suburb, the password was "leverag...